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Acta Neuropathologica Communications
Published in: Acta Neuropathologica Communications 1/2020

Open Access 01-12-2020 | Glioma | Research

The efficacy of DNA mismatch repair enzyme immunohistochemistry as a screening test for hypermutated gliomas

Authors: Matthew McCord, Alicia Steffens, Rodrigo Javier, Kwok-Ling Kam, Kathleen McCortney, Craig Horbinski

Published in: Acta Neuropathologica Communications | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

A subset of gliomas has DNA repair defects that lead to hypermutated genomes. While such tumors are resistant to alkylating chemotherapies, they may also express more mutant neoantigens on their cell surfaces, and thus be more responsive to immunotherapies. A fast, inexpensive method of screening for hypermutated gliomas would therefore be of great clinical value. Since immunohistochemistry (IHC) for the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) proteins Msh2, Msh6, Mlh1, and Pms2 is already used to screen for hypermutated colorectal cancers, we sought to determine whether that panel might have similar utility in gliomas. MMR IHC was scored in 100 WHO grade I-IV gliomas (from 96 patients) with known tumor mutation burden (TMB), while blinded to TMB data. Cases included 70 grade IV GBMs, 13 grade III astrocytomas, 4 grade II astrocytomas (3 diffuse astrocytomas and 1 pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma), 1 grade I pilocytic astrocytoma, 2 grade III oligodendrogliomas, 7 grade II oligodendrogliomas, and 3 grade I glioneuronal tumors. Eight of 100 tumors showed loss of one or more MMR proteins by IHC, and all 8 were hypermutated. Among the remaining 92 gliomas with intact MMR IHC, only one was hypermutated; that tumor had an inactivating mutation in another DNA repair gene, ATM. Overall accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity for DNA MMR IHC compared to the gold standard of TMB were 99, 89, and 100%, respectively. The strongest correlates with hypermutation were prior TMZ treatment, MGMT promoter methylation, and IDH1 mutation. Among the 8 MMR-deficient hypermutated gliomas, 4 (50%) contained both MMR-lost and MMR-retained tumor cells. Together, these data suggest that MMR IHC could be a viable front-line screening test for gliomas in which immunotherapy is being considered. They also suggest that not all cells in a hypermutated glioma may actually be MMR-deficient, a finding that might need to be considered when treating such tumors with immunotherapies.
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Metadata
Title
The efficacy of DNA mismatch repair enzyme immunohistochemistry as a screening test for hypermutated gliomas
Authors
Matthew McCord
Alicia Steffens
Rodrigo Javier
Kwok-Ling Kam
Kathleen McCortney
Craig Horbinski
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Acta Neuropathologica Communications / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 2051-5960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40478-020-0892-2

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